The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1887-06-28

/ not get hold of that man. / under
stood him to mean Dowsett He did
, not use any names. / said to Muller,
if Jack Dowsett was out on the road
could take him. When / told Muller
that Dowsett came out of the yard
and said; "You can't DO it, / then
took hold of Dowsett by bis coat, aud
as soon as l did that Muller came up
behind me and pulled at my coat
Dowsett pulled me one way and Alul
Ter the other, and they got away /
gave Muller into charge Of another
officer, Kaua, No. II. I had no former
acquaintance with Muller. / did not
know he was Consul. He did not
tell me he was a Consul. All 1 know
about Muller that night was his as
sisting in urging the others to get me
in the gate, and also saying that /
could not arrest DOwsett After ] got
Muller properly escorted to the Sta
ton House | gave Creighton into the
charge of Officer Sam. [ then went
to find Whitney, and when he saw
me coming he ran behind a hack. He
was hiding behind the hack. I took
hold of HIM, and he said. ''Let me go,
you and are the only ones here" /
SAID you interfeTed SO much after I
told You to keep away that / must ar
rest YOU That ended the sffair
There were q good many gentlemen
there, and several ran away l CON
slider Robinson and myself were
being handled pretty roughly III it
had not been for other policemen
coming we should have got hurt
badly. have no animosity against
the three defendants Have never
had occasion to arrest them before. It
seemed to me they had all been drink
ing more or less that'night
Cross-examined by Mr. Hatch L
have been in the mounted force three
or four months Before that l had
been on a aregular beat in town. When
1 was going up Richard street my
horse was cantering. We stopped
our horses makai of the gate. These
people We're crossing the street. We
stopped our horses so as to tell them
not to make any noise. I heard them
shouting and hOllering. / did not
hear any singing They were shout
ing and taking their hats off. I DO
not think they were cheering. / first
heard the shouting while passing the
Palace gate on Richard street. Heard
none before that Robinson was rid
ing a little ahead of me-
The Court here took a recess until
1:3O o'clock.
Cross-examinatiOn continued Go
ing up Richard street Robinson was
five or six fathoms ahead Of me- I
was the first one to speak Robinson
went to the mauka side OF the gate.
l stopped my horse. brought him to a
standstill If l had not stopped
Robinson would have gone on. He
may have thought the noise came ..
from somewhere else. L did not turn
my horses head on to the crowd /
do not know how many police are
stationed near the Palace and on Pal
ace walk. [ believe that before some
had been stationed there [ do not
know that is a regular station for a
policeman. | have seen one there
when coming IN from my beat 1 very
rarely 90 round there. Ny orders
are to 60 in the suburbs. l go out
King street and occasionally see a
policeman near Kawaiahao Church.
1 have seen q policeman at the corner
OF Richard street Did not see one
that night. These young men were
making q noise as L passed ai0ng, and
L told them 10 be quiet. Robinson
blew the whistle first The other
whistle heard while 1 was struggling
with DOwsett was blown by Kamaka.
Do not know where he came from.
Saw him there first, afterwards others
came. 1 DO not know how long I lad
been there when kamaka came. I
had been struck before ne came.
During the time Kamaka was blow
ing his whistle I was being dragged
into the yard. was struck first 81
DOwsett, then by Widemann, and
Whitney came up. l was afterwards
dragged into the yard Creighton
came up and said: take his badge off
and throw it away; drag him into the
yard and lick him.s These things
followed right along, one after the
ether / did not say anything about
arrest until after [ was struck. had
no coat on, II was tied tO my saddle
While the Deputy Marshal was giving
the orders my coat was tied On my
saddle, and my badge was fastened On
my shirt / had On a dark shirt and
pants; had 10 uniform on. wore a
black felt hat; the color OF my shirt
was black; cut Chinese pattern: /
always wear my badge always the
same one; 1 never had one with No 5
on; did not grab DOWsett around his
body, caught him ~ the arms; Dow
sett pulled very hard, and there was
good many helping him. and we fell
down: were not wrestling when We
fell; Dowsett was trying to get away
from me, and / was trying to hold him;
lost my badge before / fell down;
We had lively tussle at the time;
eau swear positively as 10 who struck
me. I was on She Waikiki side. Dow